Dressing the Part

Since it's 70 degrees here today, I thought it was the perfect time to try out Abby's new leotard at gymnastics. She got it for her birthday back in November, from one of my best friends from college (who is a gymnastics teacher in  SC. Thanks Becca!!). The leotard fit great, but the shorts were a little loose and she was saggin' half the time. I thought it was hilarious, but it didn't bother Miss Priss at all. She was just happy to be wearing something so shiny and in her words, so "cool!" :)

 My little monkey!

 I cannot get over how TINY her little arms look here! She is hanging on the high bar, and holding on for dear life, ha!

 Getting stamps at the end of class for good behavior, with her cute friend Mia

We ran a few errands after gymnastics and before picking Nate up at school, and Abby kept unzipping her hoodie to reveal the top of her leotard. Luckily the cashier at the grocery store, the UPS man, and Nate's teacher were all very sweet and told her how cute she looked :)

Giggles

There is nothing better than hearing your kids in another room together, just giggling away. I took this (secret) video yesterday afternoon, as I caught the kids playing on Nate's LeapPad. It was going on for about 15 minutes, but of course I only got the last few seconds of it.....

Better Late Than Never.....

We had a friend do some family pictures for us in November, as well as some shots for Abby's 3 yr album and Nate's 5 yr album. And why we were at it, why not take some pics for our Christmas card!? We made the most of our session with our awesome photographer, Jenny Waters. (Check out her website here.) She took a million awesome pictures, but here are my top 25 :)

And, last but not least.....my favorite picture ever!!!! Love these two munchkins and the relationship they have together!! :)

A Great Day!!

It has been a bit dreary & depressing here lately. 

We literally have had rain for 3 weeks straight, and a soggy backyard to go with it. Poor Nate keeps complaining that they haven't played outside at school "in forever." Then, this past weekend, a 13 year old local boy was tragically killed in a hunting accident. Though I did not know him personally, I have many friends that did, and my heart just breaks for them. I just cannot.even.imagine.

But with that said.... today was an especially good day!! We were lucky enough to have:

a. SNOW this morning

b. Sunshine this afternoon 

c. And Nate got to have a playdate with our next-door neighbor!

It's days like today that make me realize how truly blessed we are, and how precious life is. My kids could not stop smiling today, and neither could I!

Abby got to "play" in the flurries first, as the snow began around 10 am and Nate was in school. I don't know which she was more excited about - the snow, or wearing Nate's old fireman rain boots.

She lasted about 3 minutes and then decided she was tired of the snow hitting her face. Later, we geared up again to go get Nate from school at 12, and he was super excited about the snow! His sweet teacher had taken the kids outside in pairs to catch snowflakes on their tongues. Nate thought it was hilarious that he got ice/snow in his hair when we ran to the car too. Love my beautiful boy!

The snow really picked up on our way home, and we pulled up to this! Be still my heart!

Of course we had to play in it, and the kids went right to work making snowballs to save for Daddy :)

Catching more snowflakes on our tongues. Again, my kids do NOT like snow in their eyes! :)

The view from Abby's bedroom window. It's so neat to see our street covered in WHITE for the first time!

Waiting for Daddy when he got home :)

And then sweet Jack came over after naptime for a "boys' playdate!" These two are both obsessed with legos, and although 1.5 years apart, they get along so so well. I'm so excited for Nate to have a new friend, and especially one that literally lives next door. I think we are going to make a "secret" stone path through the bushes between our houses. I see lots of playdates in our future!!

Like I said, today was a great day....... :)